Machine for cutting meats and other articles.



J. KRESS. I MACHINE FOR CUTTING MEATS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1909.

Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

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APPLIOATIONI'ILED MAY 7, 1909.

Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

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APPLIOATION FILED MAY 7, 1909.

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a entoz G1 foznmW JOHN xnnss, or NEW ROCHELLE, NEW Yo MACHINE FOR- CUTTING MEATS AND OTHER ARTICLES Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 7, 1909. Serial No. 494,596.

Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it knownthat I, J OHN lines, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New Rochelle, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Cutting Meats and other Articles,

of which the following is a specification.

This. invention relates to an improved machine for cutting smoked meats, bread, vegetables and other articles. in a quick and effective manner so as to be specially adapted for the use of hotels, restaurants, delicatessen-stores and the like, which handle a great deal of smoked meat and other hard substances; and the invention consists of cerfront-elevation of the machine, showing the.

disk-shaped cutting knife-at the lower end of its stroke, Fig. 3 is a side-elevation of the improved meat-cutting machine, ,Fig. 4 is a plan-view, and Fig. 5 .is a vertical longi-- tudinal section on line 5, 5,Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference in'dlcate corresponding parts throughout the 'several figuresof the drawings. 7

Referring to the drawings, a represents the base and a the upri ht side-standards of my improved machine or cutting meat and other articles. The side-standards (1 are made of triangular shape and provided with bearings for the driving-shaft s of the machine. The shaft 8 extends from one sidestandard to the other, and is provided at one end with a fly-wheel f" having a handle f which is keyed to the shaft 8, and at the opposite end with a bevel gear-wheel b which meshes with a bevel gear-wheel b at the rear-end of an'auxiliary horizontal shaft 8 which is supportedin bearings of brackets b 6 that are attached to the side-wall of a feed-box d, which, is seated on the plates of ears (1 that are pivoted to the driving-shaft 8, said feed-box being open at the top and front and rear ends.

To the front-end of the auxiliary sideshaft s 'i a plied a sprocket-wheel b .which is connecte by a sprocket-chain I) with a sprocket-wheel b. that is placed loosely on a short shaft 8 which is supported iin a. suitable bracket b" above the lower sprocket- "wheel 12*. 'To the side-shaft s is keyed adjacentto the sprocket-wheel b a crank-disk b whlch rotates with the sprocket-wheel b and which is connected by a pivot-rod b i with an oscillating bar 6 that carries adjacent to its pivot-connection with the connecting rod Z) a hub k in which the stud-shaft k of a disk-shaped cutting knife is is supported' The oscillating bar 6 is provided at its u per end with a hub e which turns on the s aft s of the sprocket-wheel b. To

the shaft 8 of the sprocket-wheel b is applied a'second larger sprocket-wheel e which transmits rotary motion by a sprocket-chain e to a smaller sprocket-wheel e* on the studshaft of the disk-shaped cutting knife k so as to impart to the latter continuous rotarymotion in one direction simultaneously with the oscillating motion imparted to it by the oscillating bar 6. The continuous rotary motion .of the disk-shaped cutting knife in one and the same direction produces the uniform wear of the cutting knife around its entire circumference, while it permits also thev sharpening of the edge of the cutting knife by holding a Whetstone to the edge of the knife while the knife is'rotated by the mechanism described.

For protecting the upperutting edge of the knife and preventing in ur-y while using I the machine, a semicircular guard 9 extends over the upper portion of the knife, "said guard commencing adjacent to the bar 6 and ending atthe outer end of the same,

leaving thereby the lower edge of the knife free, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. 1

The forwa'rdfeeding of the article which- I is to be cut into thin pieces or slices is'ac complished by means of sprocket-wheels h,

b that. are supported in perforated ears h attached to the under-side and alon the center-line of the bottom of the fee -box. A sprocket-chain 72 extends around the sprocket-wheels h, 72. The sprocket-chain k is connected with the lower end of a; transverse follower h thatis located at the interior of the feed-box d and formed of three sliding and guided sections, the upper section being provided with a knob or button k for moving said sections in verticallyextended position. The lower e d of the transverse follower h is connected y means of lugs h with two adjacent links of the sprocket-chain h, the lugsbeing guided in;

a roller it a longitudinal center-slot o of the bottom outer ends of the springs being applied to a Y of the feed-box. The sprocket-wheel h is the driving sprocket and is moved intermit tently on its axis by means of a ratchetwheel ifl, which is mounted on the shaft of the driving sprocket-wheel-h and turned by a pawl it which engages the teeth of the ratchet-wheel and'which is pivoted to an oscillating arm k that turns on the shaft of the driving sprocket-wheel, the outer end of said arm being connected with a pivot-rod h which passes through a guide-stud 7L attached to the upper outside wall of the feed-box. The rod 71. is threaded at its upper end and provided with a screw-nut h, seated on a collar 71., so as to permit of being adjusted higher or lower and produce a greater or smaller stroke of the pawl and "thereby a longer. or shorter forward feedmotion of the sprocket-chain and follower. The swinging arm 72. carries at its outer end which is acted upon by a raised segmental cam it formed on the inner face of the fiy-wheel f, said cam engaging the roller and swinging thereby the arm h in upward direction, so that the pawl takes a greater or smaller number of teeth according to the adjustment of the arm. by the pivot-rod 71, referred to. The follower is thereby moved forward in the feed-box at each rotation of the 'fly-wheel until the meat or other article in the feed-box is cut up gradually into slices by the reciprocating and rotating cutting knife. The slices are dropped through the open front-end of the feed-box onto a fixed shelf 2', from which they are removed from time to time.

position by means of a semicircular guidestrap m which is attached to the bottom of the feed-box, shaped slot m which permits the clamping of the semicircular strap to one of the sidestandards of the supporting frame by means. of a clamping nut m having a leverhandle im The clamping nut turns on a screw-post m which passes through the slot m, as shown-in Figs. 2 and 3. v

,The feed-box a3 is provided with a cover C, which is preferably made of wood, sheetmetal or other suitable material, and provided with a handle'n. The cover C is adjusted at its rear-end in slotted straps 12 attached to the inner side-walls by means of set-screws n that pass through angular brackets n at the rear of the cover C, and thumb-nuts M, as shown in Fig. 5. The cover 0 is pressed on the article to be cut up by means of a spring-actuated presser. arm 11 .having a roller n at its outer end, said arm being applied to a transverse pivotshaft n? which turns in bearings at the upper end of the feed-box adjacent to the cutting knife. Strong helical springs a are placed on the transverse pivot-shaft, the

away from the follower The feed-box d may be arranged in horizontal or inclined and provided with an arcother articles,

recessed cross-bar are applied to the shank of the presser-arm n. The presser-arm' n presses the cover in downward direction so that the same hugs tightly the article to be cut by the knife, in connection with the follower, by which the article is fed to the cutting knife. As the cover is pressed in downward direction, it sets the sliding sections of the follower to the proper height. The follower-sections are frictionally guided one upon the other'so as to retain their position'during the'forward motion of the follower. When the follower arrives near the cutting knife It, a new piece of meat or other article is placed'back of the For this purpose same into the feed-box. the follower is returned by hand after first disengaging the pawl it from the feed ratchet-wheel. Vhen the pawl'is released,

the follower can be moved in backward direction, together with the sprocket-chain to which it is attached. Before the follower is moved forward again, the cover is swung on its pivot-screws in backward direction, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. This is accomplished by first raising the resser-arm raised position by means of a stop-pawlg that engages a notched disk 9 at the end of the transverse pivot-shaft of the presserarm, as shown in dotted. lines in Figs. 3 and 5. In this position of the presser-ar m, the cover can be swung backwardly on its pivots into rearward position, so as to permit the backward motion of the-follower and the insertion of anew piece of meat or other article to be cut into the feed-box. After this is done the cover is moved down again over the article and the presser-arm lowered by releasin its stop-pawl, and the feed-pawl returner? into engagement with the feed ratchet-wheel.

The continuous rotary motion imparted to the cutting knife, in connection with the oscillating motion, renders this construction also applicable for cutting hay, straw, beets and other feed" for animals.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a machine for cutting meats and the combination of a support, a drive shaft carried by said support, a feedbox pivotally supported on said shaft, means for feeding themeat or other article step by step in forward direction, a disk-shaped cutting knife, and means connected with said drive shaft for imparting continuous rotary motion to said knife and oscillating motion to the same.

a", while the inner ends' and holding it in 2. In a machine for cutting. meats and other articles, the combination of a support, a drive shaft carried by said support, a feedbox pivotally supported on said shaft, mechanism for intermittently feeding the meat or other articles, the combination of a support,

a drive shaft carried by said support, a feed- I box pivotally supported on said shaft, means for feeding the meat or other article step by step forward in the same, of'a supporting bracket-arm attached to the side-wall of the feed-box, an oscillating arm pivoted to said bracket-arm, a disk-shaped cutting knife the shaft of which'is supported in journal-bear- I ings of the oscillating arm, means connected with the drive! shaft for transmitting continuous rotary motion to the cutting knife, Q

slotted semlclrcular strap attached to the and oscillating motion to the supporting bar and cutting knife.

4. In a machine for cutting meats and other articles, the combination, with a feedbox having a longitudinal slot and provided with an interior follower formed of sliding and extensible sections, of a sprocket-chain connected with the base of said follower, a guiding sprocket-wheel at one end of the sprocket-chain and a driving sprocket-wheel at the opposite end of the same, a pawl and ratchet-wheel mechanism arranged on the shaft of the drivingsprocket-wheel, an oscillating arm on the shaft of the driving sprocket-wheel, means for adjusting said arm higher or lower for adjusting the throw of the pawl, a driving-shaft, a fly-wheel on said driving-shaft, and a cam on said flywheel for actuating the pawl-carrying arm, ratchet-wheel mechanism and chain and sprocket-wheel transmission for intermittent-1y moving the follower in'forward direction.

5. In a machine for cutting meats and other articles, the combination of.a feed-box,

a vertical follower in said feed-box, means for intermittently moving the follower in forward direction, a cover hinged to the rear-end of the feed-box, means for adjustably clamping the cover to the rear-end of the feed-box, and a spring-actuated presserarm arranged at the front-end of the feedbox for holding-the cover on the article in the feed-box.

6. In a machine for cutting meats or other articles, the combination of a feed-box, a vertical follower in the same, means for imparting intermittent forward motion to the follower, a cover for the feed-box, means for clamping the rear end of the cover at different heights, a spring-actuated arm pressing on the free end of the cover, and means for holding said arm in raised position when the cover is to be opened.

7. In a machine for cutting meats or other articles, the combination, with a supporting stand having journal-bearings for the driving-shaft, of a feed-box supported on said driving shaft, an intermittently movable follower in said feed-box, a cover for the same, a continuously-rotating and simultaneously oscillating diskshaped cutting knife, a shelf arranged at the outgoing end of the feed-box below said cutting knife, a

under-side of the feed-box, and means for clamping said strap for supporting the cutting machine in horizontal or inclined position.

8. In a machine for cutting meats and other articles, the combination of a feedbox, an adjustable follower composed of a, series of superposed sections friction-ally engaging each other, a cover for said box adapted to be pressed downwardly upon the article to be out and upon said follower, and means for pressing said cover downwardly.

9. In a machine for cutting meats and other articles, the combination of side standards having bearings supported thereon, a drive shaft in said bearings, a feed-box adjustably pivotally mounted on said shaft, means carried by one of said standards and said box for locking said box in adjusted position and cutting mechanism carried by said box and operated by said shaft.

JOHN KRESS.

Witnesses: I

PAUL GOEPEL, I HENRY J. SUHRBIER. 

